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<b>DbEnv::lock_get</b>
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#include &lt;db_cxx.h&gt;
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int
DbEnv::lock_get(u_int32_t locker, u_int32_t flags,
    const Dbt *object, const db_lockmode_t lock_mode, DbLock *lock);
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<b>Description: DbEnv::lock_get</b>
<p>The DbEnv::lock_get method acquires a lock from the lock table, returning
information about it in the <b>lock</b> parameter.</p>
<p>The DbEnv::lock_get method
either returns a non-zero error value
or throws an exception that encapsulates a non-zero error value on
failure, and returns 0 on success.
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<b>Parameters</b> <br>
 <b>flags</b><ul compact><li>The <b>flags</b> parameter must be set to 0 or
the following value:
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<b><a name="DB_LOCK_NOWAIT">DB_LOCK_NOWAIT</a></b><ul compact><li>If a lock cannot be granted because the requested lock conflicts with an
existing lock,
return DB_LOCK_NOTGRANTED or throw a
<a href="../api_cxx/lockng_class.html">DbLockNotGrantedException</a> immediately instead of waiting for
the lock to become available.</ul>
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 <b>lock_mode</b><ul compact><li>The <b>lock_mode</b> parameter is used as an index into the environment's
lock conflict matrix.  When using the default lock conflict matrix,
<b>lock_mode</b> must be set to one of the following values:
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<b>DB_LOCK_READ</b><ul compact><li>read (shared)</ul>
<b>DB_LOCK_WRITE</b><ul compact><li>write (exclusive)</ul>
<b>DB_LOCK_IWRITE</b><ul compact><li>intention to write (shared)</ul>
<b>DB_LOCK_IREAD</b><ul compact><li>intention to read (shared)</ul>
<b>DB_LOCK_IWR</b><ul compact><li>intention to read and write (shared)</ul>
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<p>See <a href="../api_cxx/env_set_lk_conflicts.html">DbEnv::set_lk_conflicts</a> and <a href="../ref/lock/stdmode.html">Standard Lock Modes</a> for more information on the lock conflict matrix.</p></ul>
 <b>locker</b><ul compact><li>The <b>locker</b> parameter is an unsigned 32-bit integer quantity.  It
represents the entity requesting the lock.</ul>
 <b>object</b><ul compact><li>The <b>object</b> parameter is an untyped byte string that specifies the
object to be locked.  Applications using the locking subsystem directly
while also doing locking via the Berkeley DB access methods must take care not
to inadvertently lock objects that happen to be equal to the unique file
IDs used to lock files.  See
<a href="../ref/lock/am_conv.html">Access method locking conventions</a>
for more information.</ul>
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<br><b>Errors</b>
<p>The DbEnv::lock_get method
may fail and throw
<a href="../api_cxx/except_class.html">DbException</a>,
encapsulating one of the following non-zero errors, or return one of
the following non-zero errors:</p>
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<b>EINVAL</b><ul compact><li>An
invalid flag value or parameter was specified.</ul>
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<p>If a transactional database environment operation was selected to
resolve a deadlock, the DbEnv::lock_get method will fail and
either return <a href="../ref/program/errorret.html#DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK">DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK</a> or
throw a <a href="../api_cxx/deadlock_class.html">DbDeadlockException</a> exception.</p>
<p>If a Berkeley DB Concurrent Data Store database environment configured for lock timeouts was unable
to grant a lock in the allowed time, the DbEnv::lock_get method will fail and
either return <a href="../ref/program/errorret.html#DB_LOCK_NOTGRANTED">DB_LOCK_NOTGRANTED</a> or
throw a <a href="../api_cxx/lockng_class.html">DbLockNotGrantedException</a> exception.</p>
<p>If the <a href="../api_cxx/lock_vec.html#DB_LOCK_NOWAIT">DB_LOCK_NOWAIT</a> flag or lock timers were configured and the lock could not be granted before the wait-time expired,
the DbEnv::lock_get method will fail and
either return DB_LOCK_NOTGRANTED or
throw a <a href="../api_cxx/lockng_class.html">DbLockNotGrantedException</a> exception.</p>
<p>If the maximum number of locks has been reached, the DbEnv::lock_get method will fail and
either return ENOMEM or
throw a DbMemoryException.</p>
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<br><b>Class</b>
<a href="../api_cxx/env_class.html">DbEnv</a>, <a href="../api_cxx/lock_class.html">DbLock</a>
<br><b>See Also</b>
<a href="../api_cxx/lock_list.html">Locking Subsystem and Related Methods</a>
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